Where does “gehalteteken” come from?

gehalteteken (Dutch) comes from Dutch teken, from Middle Dutch têken, from Old Dutch tēkan, from Proto-West Germanic taikn, from Proto-Germanic taikną, from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- — to point out.

gehalteteken (Dutch): hallmark indicating the purity of the object

Definitions

  1. hallmark indicating the purity of the object

Ancestry of “gehalteteken”, step by step

gehalteteken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch teken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtekensign; signal; character
2Middle Dutchtêkenmark, sign
3Old Dutchtēkan—
4Proto-West Germanictaiknsign, token, symbol
5Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

via Dutch gehalte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchgehaltecontent (numerical, as a fraction of a whole)
2GermanGehaltsalary; content
3Middle High Germangehalten—
4Old High Germangihaltan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- →